Hello everyone!
This is the newer and better Totem Collab. The idea is that each artist draws a piece of a totem and I will compile them into a swf as the most divine digital totem the world has ever seen. I will be using Flixel and have already prepared the basic engine.
Luwano will help me keep everything organized and already drew the first piece of our totem to get things started.

Dimensions:
This is tricky. Each basic totem segment should be 200px wide by 500px high, but you can have stuff sticking out to the sides or patterns and whatnot carved into the totem. IMPORTANT: The bottom and top edges need to be 200px wide to meet with the previous and following totem pieces properly. Your absolute max width is 650px to leave room for buttons on the outer edges.
The file itself will be 750px wide by 500px high.
Luwano will post an image to make the dimensions more clear, later on.

Rules:
- no nudity
- no racism

I reserve the right to decline a piece or ask the artist to put some more effort into it.
Provide a transparent PNG, because there will be a dynamic background. JPGs only work for rectangular images that require no transparency.
Upload your finished piece to your NG dump (or other image hoster) and send the link to me via PM. You can also post a preview and a high-res link here, but the PM is most important.
Creativity is of the essence. Cyber totem piece? Pixel art? Anything works as long as it's meeting the file requirements.

Deadline:
There is no deadline set yet, but we are aiming for end of june (early july).
You can of course discuss and post WIPs here.

Count me in on this one, need something to get me more active in the art portal and I always thought that there was more to this idea when it came around last time. I'm working pretty solidly for the next few days but after that I'll start making my piece.

It's good to see some collabs going on here again. That's one of the things I'm missing compared to earlier.
Probably won't be able to participate though, since exams are starting in 2 weeks and I still got a load of work.
I'm curious as to the result either way, let's hope this one finishes.

At 5/15/13 07:18 PM, Breaktroll wrote:
It's good to see some collabs going on here again. That's one of the things I'm missing compared to earlier.
Probably won't be able to participate though, since exams are starting in 2 weeks and I still got a load of work.
I'm curious as to the result either way, let's hope this one finishes.

There is plenty of time and no definite deadline set, yet. You can do it! Also... bug your sister to join, too. ;)

At 5/15/13 03:47 PM, Chameneon wrote:
Luwano will post an ugly something to make the dimensions more clear, later on.

@ReNaeNae:
We plan on having a dynamically created gradient in the bg with some objects (clouds) randomly placed in it, also there might be a parallax scrolling totem silhouette (for the sake of design).
As for the menu, I have just implemented a basic menu with placeholder graphics yet, weÂ´re still looking for someone to do the art there.

I honestly like that you go crazy with the idea, but I wouldn't consider it acceptable. MS Paint looks like shit if you don't know how to use it right and even then, it's hard. Any chance that you'd retry with PS or GIMP? It's a fun idea, don't let it go to waste. I am sure Chameneon will agree with me.

At 5/19/13 05:55 PM, bigjonny13 wrote:
That's really what this is, you just pooping out as much as you can as fast as you can.
Put some time and effort into it, and be proud of what you produce, instead of just shitting something out.

He made more than you did.

A rather disgusting-looking git that should have been disposed of ages ago.

At 5/20/13 05:26 AM, EventHorizon wrote:
I am interested in participating, I will try to do something in pixel art.

Happy to read that! Variety ftw.

At 5/20/13 09:50 AM, test-object wrote:

At 5/20/13 08:04 AM, LegolaSS wrote:
I have a question -

I was thinking about the best way of joining my totem up with the rest of them, trying to get a clean edge.
However i thought it would look better if it blended in with two others...

however this would mean i would mean i would choose where my totem would be (as it would fit perfectly).

Are you ok with me doing this?... I would pick ones which seem like they would carry on rather then ones that stop.

(see crude example picture)

I have been wondering about that, it would look much nicer if people are allowed to work beyond either the top or the bottom, make it all more organically flowing.

There is no easy reply at the moment. IF you do it the way Lego did and expand the other users totem into your area (if he doesn't mind), then it will definitely work. If you wanna "draw outside" of your own section and have it overlap with somebody else's, I am not sure. In either way, I agree that it really looks pretty cool.

Chameneon is doing the technical part and the images will be loaded dynamically, so I don't know exactly what is possible. Cham or I will get back to you about that.

You could always collab with someone on a twice as high canvas, split it in half and send it to Cham as two files. That way you can theoretically also bypass the mandatory 200px wide limit on the edges.

@LegolaSS : That tree looks great. I love the feathers you added. Very native american-ish.